[T3] Fuel Gauge Grounding Solution

[William Jahn]

I left my turn indicators stock, never bothered me to have both flash at
the same time. I really don't look at them anyway, only need to hear the
flasher. The late model lane changer feature is nice on the turn signals.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Yes, a lot of folks like the quirky little "charm" of having both flash at
> the same time.
> I modded mine long before I fell in love with "charm"
>
> BTW, the Notch is still stock, both blink at the same time...  I left the
> Charm with that car anyways!
>
> Keith
>
> Topnotch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.topnotchresto.com
> 71 Squareback  “Hothe”
> 65 Notchback  “El Baja Rojo”
> 93 RX7  “Redstur”
> 13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On
> Behalf Of Jim Adney
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:36 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Fuel Gauge Grounding Solution
>
> On 26 Jan 2023 at 19:21, Keith Park wrote:
>
> > Nice upgrade!  But can Jim also rewire the gauge base so only the
> > correct arrow flashes when Making a turn?  That might qualify for a
> > "something else".  I recall that was easy, but its been 35 Years since
> > I did mine so the details are lost to time.
>
> The stock TS setup powers the dash indicators when the outside lamps are
> out. This has a very small current leveling effect on the car's electrical
> system. It would be fairly simple to hack into the bulb socket and wire
> each
> dash indicator to be powered WITH its outside bulbs, but this worsens the
> current draw pulses.
>
> I thought about doing this, but discarded it as unnecessary and
> counterproductive. After all, having the inside lights flash together is
> something that VW did with all its aircooled cars. It's part of their
> charm.
>
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